A Harrisonburg man is now in custody after crashing a vehicle that had been reported stolen over the weekend.
Leonardo Aleman, 26, of Harrisonburg, was apprehended on Wednesday after a brief search following the accident behind the Warsaw Avenue Parking Garage on the campus of James Madison University.
According to Harrisonburg Police, officers got an alert just before noon from a Flock automated license plate reader that a vehicle that had been reported stolen from The Mill apartment complex over the weekend was traveling through the city.
Officers located the vehicle, a black Acura, traveling northbound on North Main Street.
When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, it continued north at a high rate of speed and eluded officers before turning onto Warsaw Avenue.
The vehicle struck a curb and a tree behind the Warsaw Avenue Parking Garage, and Aleman fled the area before officers arrived.
After a brief search, Aleman was located near the railroad tracks on Maryland Avenue and taken into custody.
One female passenger in the vehicle was also detained.
Her identity was not released.
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